What is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)?

Symptoms of PAH

Causes of PAH

Connective Tissue Disorders

Diagnosis

Management

Recap

Treatment of PAH

What is Dyspnea (shortness of breath)?

Causes of shortness of breath: Heart

Breathing system

Lung cancer as a cause of shortness of breath

Left heart vs right heart

Who is most likely to develop pulmonary hypertension?

Palpitations in pulmonary hypertension

Is it the left heart?

Lung function tests

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension

What is pulmonary hypertension

Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension

Symptoms and signs of pulmonary hypertension

Classification of pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension caused by left heart disease

Pulmonary Hypertension caused by lung disorders or low blood oxygen

Pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary artery obstruction

Treatment

What are the symptoms of pulmonary hypertension?

What happens during exercise?

Causes of pulmonary hypertension

What are the treatments for pulmonary hypertension?

What are clinical trials for pulmonary hypertension?

What is pulmonary hypertension?

Normal pulmonary artery pressure

Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension

Classification of pulmonary hypertension

Causes of pulmonary hypertension

Clinical presentation of pulmonary hypertension

Diagnostic approach to pulmonary hypertension

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Heart lung transplantation in pulmonary hypertension

What is a sign of health for an organization?

Transpulmonary gradient

Signs of pulmonary hypertension

Right atrial pressure measurement

Thrombosis in pulmonary hypertension

When do you perform a left heart catheterization for pulmonary hypertension?

Randomized control trials in pulmonary hypertension

Inhaled Nitric Oxide

When should you start screening for pulmonary hypertension?

Role of aspirin in pulmonary hypertension

Definition of pulmonary hypertension

Mean pulmonary artery pressure

Using systolic to estimate pulmonary hypertension with echocardiogram

5 different WHO pulmonary hypertension groups

Pulmonary arteriolar hypertension (PAH), Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, collagen vascular diseases, portal HTN

BMPR2

Left heart failure

Lung disease, COPD, OSA, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary embolism, chronic VTE

Hematologic disorders, sarcoidosis, glycogen storage diseases, renal failure

Amphetamines

Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and physical exam findings

Heart sounds, loud P2, tricuspid regurgitation, RV heave

JVP, c,v waves liver pulsatile, edematous legs

Chest Xray findings with pulmonary hypertension

ECG/EKG findings with pulmonary hypertension, RVH, RBBB

Echocardiogram findings with pulmonary hypertension

Tricuspid regurgitation, regurgitant jet, Modified Bernoulli Equation

Advantages of echocardiogram: PASP

Echo bubble study

Right heart catheter, wedge pressure, Left atrial pressure (LAP), mean artery pressure (MAP)

Introduction

A new definition of pulmonary hypertension

Causes of pulmonary hypertension

World Health Organization classes

Lab

Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH) Introduction

Pathophysiology | Type I PAH

Pathophysiology | Type II PAH

Pathophysiology | Type III PAH

Pathophysiology | Type IV PAH

Complications | Right Heart Failure

Diagnostic Approach

Treatment

Vasodilator Therapy

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